~ A Writing Journey

Prompt 12 – recipe for an easy poem

Apparently everyone found yesterday’s prompt really difficult, so NaPoWriMo are giving us an easy one today!

Describe in great detail your favorite room, place, meal, day, or person. You can do this in paragraph form. Now cut unnecessary words like articles and determiners (a, the, that) and anything that isn’t really necessary for content; leave mainly nouns, verbs, a few adjectives. Cut the lines where you see fit and, VOILA! A poem!

I like being high up in the mountains and this poem was inspired by a favourite scene in the Alps during the ski season. The title ‘tang of height’ comes from Nan Shepherd’s book ‘The Living Mountain’ about her walks in the Cairngorms.